Fire Fly 90 N4723S
27 April 1966 · Boulevard Calif, California, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 27 April 1966 at about 03:15 local time, a Fire Fly 90 registered N4723S, operated by Tracy Barnes C, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Boulevard Calif, California, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 03:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Boulevard Calif, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Fire Fly 90
- Registration
- N4723S
- Category
- Balloon
- Operator
- Tracy Barnes C
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Demonstration
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 2-0371
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PILOT RATED ONLY IN HOT AIR BALLOON.PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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